Pilocarpaceae

Pilocarpaceae
Byssoloma leucoblepharum; scale bar is 0.5 mm
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Pilocarpaceae
Zahlbr. (1905)
Type genus
Byssoloma
Trevis. (1853)
Synonyms[1]
  • Byssolomataceae Zahlbr. (1926)
  • Ectolechiaceae Zahlbr. (1905)
  • Lasiolomataceae Hafellner (1984)
  • Micareaceae Vězda ex Hafellner (1984)
  • Roccellinastraceae Hafellner (1984)

The Pilocarpaceae are a family of crustose lichens in the order Lecanorales. The species of this family have a cosmopolitan distribution and have been found in a variety of climatic regions.[2] Pilocarpaceae was circumscribed by Alexander Zahlbruckner in Adolf Engler's influential 1905 work Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien.[3]

In 2004, the family Micareaceae included the genera; Helocarpon, Micarea, Psilolechia, Roccellinastrum, and Scutula.[4] Then in 2005, molecular phylogeny based on mitochondrial rDNA sequences showed that the genus Helocarpon was not related to the Micareaceae family and the rest of the genus were related to the Pilocarpaceae family and other genera.[5]

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  4. ^ Eriksson, O. E.; Baral, H.-O.; Currah, R. S.; Hansen, K.; Kurtzman, C. P.; Rambold, G.; Laessøe, T. (2004). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2004". Myconet. 10: 1–99.
  5. ^ Andersen, Heidi L.; Ekman, Stefan (January 2005). "Disintegration of the Micareaceae (lichenized Ascomycota ): amolecular phylogeny based on mitochondrial rDNA sequences". Mycol. Res. 109 (1). The British Mycological Society: 21–30. doi:10.1017/S0953756204001625. PMID 15736860.